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Nevada 2012 vs 2016: county swing

17 of 17 counties moved toward the Republican ticket; 0 changed hands.

Esmeralda County: swing R+10.6Mineral County: swing R+16.4White Pine County: swing R+9.8Douglas County: swing R+5.5Elko County: swing R+1.5Humboldt County: swing R+12.7Lincoln County: swing R+5.0Nye County: swing R+17.8Washoe County: swing R+2.4Carson City: swing R+5.1Eureka County: swing R+7.1Pershing County: swing R+20.7Churchill County: swing R+11.4Clark County: swing R+3.9Lander County: swing R+10.8Lyon County: swing R+12.9Storey County: swing R+16.5
Red: toward the Republican ticket. Blue: toward the Democratic ticket.
County20122016SwingVotes 2012Votes 2016
Pershing County R+28.4 R+49.1 R+20.7 1,884 1,982
Nye County R+24.2 R+42.0 R+17.8 17,522 19,595
Storey County R+17.3 R+33.8 R+16.5 2,314 2,558
Mineral County R+10.7 R+27.1 R+16.4 2,035 1,997
Lyon County R+28.6 R+41.5 R+12.9 21,465 23,762
Humboldt County R+36.1 R+48.8 R+12.7 5,744 6,433
Churchill County R+40.0 R+51.4 R+11.4 10,265 10,938
Lander County R+48.3 R+59.1 R+10.8 2,165 2,413
Esmeralda County R+51.8 R+62.4 R+10.6 435 423
White Pine County R+43.7 R+53.5 R+9.8 3,704 3,773
Eureka County R+68.9 R+76.0 R+7.1 808 854
Douglas County R+26.7 R+32.2 R+5.5 26,075 27,885
Carson City R+9.0 R+14.1 R+5.1 23,319 25,016
Lincoln County R+60.0 R+65.0 R+5.0 2,152 2,132
Clark County D+14.6 D+10.7 R+3.9 691,190 767,156
Washoe County D+3.7 D+1.3 R+2.4 187,855 209,909
Elko County R+53.2 R+54.7 R+1.5 15,986 18,559

Official results As published by The American Presidency Project (UC Santa Barbara) and the state documents it links. How we use this data